Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise
# Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise

Paris, Seen from the Heights of the Père Lachaise (French: Paris, vu des hauteurs du Père Lachaise) is a landscape painting made between 1842 and 1859 by Louise-Joséphine Sarazin de Belmont. The painting depicts Père Lachaise cemetery.

## History

The artist gave this painting to the Musée des Augustins de Toulouse in 1859, in memory of Augustine Dufresne (1789–1842), widow of Antoine-Jean Gros.

It was shown in the 1994 exhibition Toulouse à l'époque romantique.

## Description

The foreground shows the family tombs of Gros and Dufresne. The Italianate aspect of the landscape is similar to landscapes made by the artist in Italy:

* Vue de Florence
* Vue de Naples
* Vue de Rome
* Tombe Gros et Dufresne
